Winter may look quiet for peach trees, but what you do during dormancy can shape their health, structure, and productivity in ...

Prune in winter to get the most out of the investment of time and money you put into this fall-fruiting tree — that is, lots ...

It might feel like pruning your apple trees in the dead of winter makes no sense. In fact, your dormant trees will thank you ...

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Don't put away your gardening tools just yet! While winter may mean that activity in your garden is slowing down for the year, there may be a few tasks left to cross off your chore list before hanging ...

Almost every tree needs to be pruned at some point in its life. Sometimes a tree may need to be trimmed to help it, such as dealing with storm damage, reducing limb weight, removing dead limbs and ...

Pruning your fruit trees is an important step to making sure they stay healthy and produce good fruit, but pruning too early ...

Pruning is essential to the health of many landscaping trees, but did you know that your Christmas tree can benefit from pruning, too? Yes, even cut ones.

Winter is the perfect time to prune oak trees. Oak trees are special for many reasons: they’re Iowa’s state tree, they’re important to our ecosystem and — they shouldn’t be pruned during the spring ...

Japanese maples are a stunning addition to any garden, but only if you care for them properly. That includes knowing how to ...

There’s an old saying in pruning: “Prune until it hurts, and then prune some more.” The advice helps overcome our fear of cutting away too many branches. Other pruning adages are less useful. “When in ...